Himalayan Mountain Challenge

Hiking Club

Reduction in oxygen level at high altitude sometimes leads to a problem known as Acute Mountain Sickness (AMS). Here's a quick glance at the symptoms of AMS, how it is caused and what can be done about it.

Recently one of the members of ALTOA (All Ladakh Travel Operators Association) published a very damaging article about Indiahikes on Facebook. Predictably the internet world went viral with it.
What’s not amusing about the story is that it is complete...

The death of 26-year-old Dr. Manu Yadav came as a rude shock to his family on August 8, 2008. And unanswered questions about his death made his mother Swaraj Yadav take to trekking. But did these journeys help?